112 Bible Verses about Laziness
Want to know what the Bible says about Laziness? Here are 112 Bible verses about Laziness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Ephesians 5:16 NIV
making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
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Ephesians 2:10 NIV
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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1 Corinthians 10:7 NIV
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
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Proverbs 19:24 NIV
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
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2 Peter 3:15-16 NIV
15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV
15 Be very careful, then, how you live —not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
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John 7:17 NIV
Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
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Proverbs 22:13 NIV
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
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Jeremiah 15:16 NIV
When your words came, I ate them;
they were my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
Lord God Almighty.
they were my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
Lord God Almighty.
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Proverbs 21:17 NIV
Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
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